Brændstrup is a small village in Southern Jutland

Jutland

Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...

, Denmark

Denmark

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. The population of the village is below 200. Until 1st January 2007 Brædstrup was a part of the former Rødding Municipality

Rødding

Rødding is a town with a population of 2,622 and a former municipality in Vejen municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The former Rødding municipality covered an area of 273 km², and had a total population of 10,915...

, now it is a part of Vejen Municipality. Neighbouring municipalities are Haderslev Municipality to the south of Brændstrup and Esbjerg Municipality to the west. The mayor of the municipality is Egon Fræhr.

Brændstrup is known for its Christian School, Brændstrup Kristne Friskole. Brændstrup has plans to grow throughout the next years.
Sightseeing locations worth noticing, are Stenmanden (English: The Stone Man), residing in a nearby forest.
And one of only four authorized Harley Davidson affiliates in Denmark, placed in the middle of Brændstrup city.
Recently though, Brændstrup attracted interest as the towns first "erotic content"-shop opened.

Farming

Brændstrup is (as is many of the surrounding towns) utterly surrounded by farms and forests, the deeply agricultural culture in Brændstrup is but a reflection of former times stiff feudal society norms.

Controversy

For many years Brændstrup was, (and is), without any shops and business' (excluding the Harley Davidson affiliate store), but at some point (further research is needed on this matter) in the 20th century, a "smugkro" (a speakeasy or sneaktavern. The meaning of the word being a place to consume alcohol but without permission or simply against the law), was present in the city on the main street.
This was however stopped later on as the number of people willing to risk arrest and public disgrace decreased, along with the actual number of people in the village.